Alexandros Katsis
Athens, Greece
Alexander Katsis was born in 1979 in Athens, Greece. His interest in photo journalism started in 2007 while attending art photography classes .In 2008 he attended seminars by Platon Rivelis while from 2009 until today he has been trained by Thanos Papadopoulos.From 2007 Alexander has participated in numerous group exhibitions of national and international level and has won national and international competitions.
His photographs have appeared in many print media. In 2011 he covered photographically the preparation of the Greek Mission of Special Olympics and during the races he was in charge of the Documentation Team of the International Committee (Special Olympics International).
From March 2012 to May 2014 Alexandros was working with the Greek Photo agency “Fos Photo Agency” .
From January 2014 to January 2015 Alexandros was working with Vice.news and Vice.com
2009 - Global Competition of Metro magazine , 2011 - Fight Discrimination in Europe, 2011 - Award in International Photo Contest “Peace Is”, 2015 - Paris Photo Prize Px3
Rebirth
Alexandros Katsis
All over the world thousands of horses fall victim to everyday abuse, are being abandoned or are being violently killed. Most of them were racehorses that had been abandoned when they were deemed no longer productive. Some time ago, they were exhausted and weak and some of them had very few chances of survival. In a small Greek village, a group of people decided to take up their care and treatment. For the horses, this process was like a rebirth. The stigma of abandonment and resignation has been lifted and they became once again the beautiful and proud animals .Now they are healthy and lively. They have regained their good health and their confidence. They live freely as a flock in a form of co-existence with humans that is not based upon coercion and exploitation. I tried to capture this transformation as as a living proof of the need to redefine human relations with other living beings in terms of love and respect.